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Spectrally Efficient DMT Transmission over 40 km SMF Using an Electrically Packaged Silicon Photonic Intensity Modulator
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2017 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) Optical Communication (ECOC), 2017 European Conference on. :1-3 Sep, 2017
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We demonstrate a record-high spectral efficiency (5b/s/Hz) DMT transmission by using a fully electrically-packaged silicon photonic intensity modulator. We transmit over a 40-km single mode fibre link at a rate of 49.6 Gb/s without the need for any dispersion compensation.